Third parties irate as Seitz bill passes Ohio Senate

4:34 PM,
Oct. 8, 2013

State Sen. Bill Seitz

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A Green Township Republican's proposal for regulating minority political parties' attempts to get on the ballot passed the Ohio Senate on Tuesday, over the complaints of members of the Libertarian and Green parties.

Ohio's rules for letting minority parties on the ballot were struck down by a 2006 court ruling that said the state made it too hard for the parties to get on the ballot. Directives from the Ohio secretary of state have governed ballot access since then.

State Sen. Bill Seitz says it's time to have a new, constitutional law. He sponsored the bill that passed the Senate on Tuesday, ...